Hispanic Foodways designs culturally innovative, patient-focused, health and diabetes education programs as an effective way to reduce diabetes health costs and improve patient outcome.

Hispanic Foodways designed the Nutriportion ™ Measuring Cups and the Nutriportion™ Hispanic Food Cards,  and the  H.O.L.A. Project (Health Oriented Latinos in Action).

SERVICES

• Cultural Adaptation
• Program Development
• Teaching by Learning Principles

MISSION

• Address the cultural aspects of diabetes management
• Provide health care professionals with the knowledge, skills, and resources to work effectively in cross-cultural environments and provide better treatment to culturally diverse populations
• Provide health education that leads the patient into action while improving health literacy using Hispanic Foodways’ “Learning by Teaching” Principles

VISION

Hispanic Foodways will be the premiere bi-lingual health education company fostering health literacy skills and cultural competency.

GOALS

1. To provide culturally competent, literacy appropriate diabetes self-management education
2. To develop and implement diabetes education programs in waiting areas for individuals, groups and distance learning (teleconferences)
3. To develop patient-education materials/tools for:
   1. health professionals to enhance teaching experiences
   2. patients to promote self-management skills

BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY

Hispanic Foodways considers that education should lead into action. Hispanic Foodways promotes health literacy, cultural competence and Learning by Teaching Principles as core elements to effectively attain diabetes self-management skills.

COMPANY STRENGTHS

Hispanic Foodways is 100% Hispanic owned with a team of professionals expert in the areas of medicine, health literacy, nutrition, and diabetes education.

Hispanic Foodways major competitive strengths are:

• Teach skills not give health information
• Develop multicultural diabetes education prorgram
• Develop of  bi-lingual curriculum in English and Spanish
• Focus on increasing health literacy levels
• Provides health coaching between doctor’s visits to assist patient’s adherence to treatment plan
• Trains staff to provide culturally competent health care